Meditate. Consider your own relationship and covenant with the Lord.
Then Moses climbed the mountain to appear before God. The LORD called to him from the mountain and said, "Give these instructions to the family of Jacob; announce it to the descendants of Israel: 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.' This is the message you must give to the people of Israel." Exodus 19:3-6
I love that I am a special
treasure to God from among all the peoples on earth! All the people—really?!
That is a lot of people throughout all of time and all around the world.
Well—everyone who believes in Jesus, obeys God and keeps His covenant—His
Commandments—are His precious treasure, too. I am not alone—there are millions
of us from every nation and every tribe. Heaven is going to be an amazing place
with all the variety of people, voices, languages and personalities. It is
going to be exciting…for forever. And we are going to be God’s kingdom of
priest…a holy nation. What an exciting promise. Study this passage for
yourself.
What is God’s covenant? There were
several covenants that God made with His people in the Old Testament. The
covenants with Adam and Eve in Eden; with Noah; with Abraham and his family;
with David and Solomon, to name a few. God promised to be their God and to
provide a Promised Land in which they could live with all their families, an
abundance of food, safety and a Savior. Jesus promised a new covenant, Himself,
that we have recorded in the New Testament.
After supper he took another cup of wine and said,
"This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement
confirmed with my blood, which is poured out as a sacrifice for you. " Luke
22:20
You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel. Hebrews 12:24
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Prayer ~ Lord, I seek to honor and love You with all my heart, soul, mind and strength. Show me anything in my life that is displeasing to You and cleanse my heart that my life may be purified and made holy before You. You are an awesome God—the true and living God. I praise You name.
Verses of Salvation ~ While
Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and
tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers
because of his deep reverence for God. Even though Jesus was God's Son, he
learned obedience from the things he suffered. In this way, God qualified him
as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal salvation for
all those who obey him. And God designated him to be a High Priest in the
order of Melchizedek. Hebrews 5:7-10
Just a life note…
This scripture today mentioned eagles. I was excited to see an eagle perched in a tree a couple of miles from my home last week. Majestic and beautiful!
My son and his family live in the migratory flight path of the Sandhill Cranes and they’ve been hearing and seeing the cranes fly overhead for about a week. They make a lovely cooing sound—not a honk like geese. On Saturday we saw more of the cranes headed north.
The Sandhill Cranes are on the move!
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